Hunter vs PostHog
Side-by-side plans, pricing, and feature gates for Hunter and PostHog, verified . Hunter is primarily lead generation; PostHog is primarily analytics.
Plans side by side
Every published plan from each vendor, with the headline monthly anchor price. Some prices scale with subscriber count or seats; full detail lives on each tool's page.
Hunter
- Free
50 search credits per month for testing
Free - Starter
2,000 credits/mo, auto-verification, AI Writing Assistant
$34/mo - Growth
10,000 credits/mo, 10 email accounts, expanded AI
$104/mo - Scale
25,000 credits/mo, 20 email accounts, unlimited Signals
$209/mo - Enterprise
Custom credits and dedicated account manager
Custom
PostHog
- Free + Pay-as-you-go
Generous free tier across every product
Free - Boost
Add-on: Boost
$250/mo - Scale
Add-on: Scale
$750/mo - Enterprise
Add-on: Enterprise
Custom
Limits at the entry paid tier
Compares Starter (Hunter) against Boost (PostHog). Both are the lowest-priced non-free, non-custom plan on each side.
| Limit | Hunter | PostHog |
|---|---|---|
| Team seats | Unlimited | · |
When Hunter wins
- Founders doing personalized B2B outreach to small lead lists
- Agencies running outreach campaigns for SMB clients
- Sales teams wanting an email-finder and verifier in a single tool
Where Hunter is the wrong fit
- Enterprise sales orgs that need ZoomInfo-grade data depth
- Teams that don't run cold outreach (use a CRM instead)
- Buyers who want unlimited credits at any price (use ZoomInfo or Apollo Unlimited)
When PostHog wins
- Technical product teams that want one tool covering analytics, experiments, replay, and surveys
- Startups under 1M events per month, where the free tier covers the entire stack
- Companies committed to open-source infrastructure who want the option to self-host
Where PostHog is the wrong fit
- Marketing-only teams who need attribution and campaign analytics (Mixpanel or GA4 fit better)
- Enterprises with strict procurement that requires a SaaS-only vendor with no self-hosted option in scope
- Non-technical users who cannot navigate event-based analytics UIs and SQL-style insights
Common questions
- Is Hunter cheaper than PostHog?
- Both Hunter and PostHog have free or custom entry pricing, so a direct entry-tier price comparison is not meaningful.
- Does Hunter or PostHog have a free plan?
- Both have free plans. Hunter: 50 search credits per month for testing. PostHog: Generous free tier across every product.
- Are Hunter and PostHog in the same category?
- No. Hunter is primarily a lead generation tool; PostHog is primarily a analytics tool. They overlap on use case but sit in different primary categories, so the comparison is between adjacent tools rather than direct competitors.
- Which has more plans, Hunter or PostHog?
- Hunter ships 5 plans; PostHog ships 4. Hunter's longer ladder gives more granular upgrade steps, which can mean smoother price escalation as your team scales.
- Where can I see alternatives to Hunter or PostHog?
- Each tool has a dedicated alternatives page on TierGauge with ranked options and verified pricing: /alternatives/hunter for Hunter and /alternatives/posthog for PostHog. Alternatives are derived from each tool's editor-flagged competitors plus same-category tools we track.
Hunter: https://hunter.io/pricing · PostHog: https://posthog.com/pricing
Last verified . Pricing changes between refreshes; confirm at the vendor before purchasing.